WGAL

Magic lessons as therapy for special needs children

SAUERKRAUT TO BRING GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW YEAR. IN YORK, SOME CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOME MAGIC TRICKS TODAY. IT’S ALL A PART OF THE THERAPY IS MAGIC SPECIAL NEEDS ...
WTVF

'It really can encourage and motivate them." How magic is helping heal patients receiving occupational therapy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After a trauma or an injury, occupational therapy might be necessary. For some, the therapy might include riding horses or working in a pool with a therapist. When we learned ...
Medical Xpress

'Magic therapy' program helps reduce pediatric patient anxiety

The experience of stress and fears upon hospitalization is frequent with pediatric patients. A new study of pediatric patients at Stony Brook Children's Hospital reveals that a program called MagicAid ...
abc7NY

'Magic bus' provides therapy to children with special needs who are stuck at home

PORT WASHINGTON, Long Island (WABC) -- A Long Island-based pediatric clinic and play gym is bringing much-needed therapy and exercise to children with special needs using an innovative mobile ...
Los Angeles Times

Column: The magic of music therapy

Music therapists can read minds. Can cure without words or medicine. And I promise they are not magic, merely superhuman. Music therapy is the purposeful use of musical stimuli to pursue therapeutic ...